Disability and Home
Threshold Project
Portraits of Disabled people at home, on the threshold, at their front door. Exploring the importance of having your own home, to be at the threshold,
be a valued part of society.
#DisabilityandtheHome
Toys & Disability
#DisabilityandtheHome
1960s toy production reflected changing attitudes towards disability. These toys provide an the important role in enabling children to see themselves as a valued member of society.
PODCAST
Darke, Wilde & Griffiths
talk about Disability in film, TV and the rest...
Green Space
Visit our green space, our tree planting, Our Earth Week work and much more
Elephant Man
Joseph Merrick born England 1862, due to physical deformities, he joined a touring Freak Show and exhibited as the "The Elephant Man “to make a living.
He died 1890 at age of just 27.
Our project expolores options for a sculture to celebrate Joseph Merrick, to raise the profile of his significance in the history of Disability.
Activism
Disabled People and Activism
Heritage Projects Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton Blue Plaques
Catherine Eddowes & Jack The Rippper
Commemorating World Wars
Wolverhampton Workhouse
Hospital For Women
Æthelflæd
and the Battle of Tettenhall/Wednesfield by David & Jennifer Guest
Wolves in Wolves
public art trail
Wolverhampton
Digital Disability Celebrating 25 years
Our vision for Growth 2024 to 2034
Digital Disability has 25 years experience, and has has played a leading role in improving prospects for disabled creators across arts, heritage and community work.
Our core services include:
· Mentoring & Guidance for individuals, organisations and funders
· Commissioning new arts, heritage and community work led by disabled creators
· Promoting inclusivity through a permanent collection of digital resources
Vision
Our vision is to create a society where the arts, heritage, community creation and production is open and inclusive at all levels. A place where disabled artists, creatives, heritage specialists and all other disabled people and their non-disabled peers are recognised on an equal footing.
Mission
We will achieve our vision by empowering and facilitating disabled people to create new work, generate new knowledge and share experiences through creating deep connections with audiences, creators, and organisations alike, to change how disabled people and their work is created; is viewed; is experienced and utilised (ensuring a significant impact and legacy).
Core Objectives
1. Facilitate and empower disabled creators to develop and deliver new work that crosses the boundaries of ‘otherness’
2. Deepen the level of engagement with audiences to ensure everyone can interact fully with the context of work produced by disabled creators.
3. Support, inspire and grow the capability of organisations to improve the profile of disabled creators, the profile of their work and their capacity to be fully inclusive of disabled people.
4. Broker long-term networks between individuals, organisations and funders.
Growth Plan
To ensure the organisation remains a key player across the arts, heritage and community sectors, our core growth plan is to widen the impact of our work across the UK.
Our growth objectives are to:
1. Improve the profile and awareness of Digital Disability to widen the mix of stakeholders involved with our work.
a. Improve awareness and engagement of our year-round activity and our digital resources and digital archive.
b. Broaden the range of disabled creators we support across arts, heritage, media, and academia.
c. Increase Digital Disability's capability to evaluate and disseminate the impact of our work to a wider audience.
2. Challenge and change perceptions across individuals, organisations, and funders to ensure disabled creators are recognised on an equal footing to their non-disabled peers.
a. Continue to commission new work that empowers disabled creators to produce and experience new perspectives.
b. Work in partnership with key organisations and funders to ensure work is professionally presented and reaches the widest audience.
c. Develop and disseminate strategies for audience engagement to foster deeper levels of awareness and interest in work by disabled creators.
3. Establish effective and sustainable networks with organisations in the UK that will enable disabled creators to sustain professional careers.
a. Guide and mentor disabled creators to improve their professional standing and capabilities.
b. Establish long-term partnerships with organisations across the UK to create improved entry routes for disabled creators.
c. Create resources for organisations that improve their inclusivity and openness to disabled creators.